Morrissey, who plays Duke Energy Center at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 10, 2023. Credit: Photo c/o Live Nation

Morrissey is coming to Tampa Bay this fall, and you have every reason to have mixed feelings about it.

Not quite canceled like Ryan Adams—who’s also playing St. Pete in the coming weeks—the 64-year-old charming man cuts a controversial presence that can be easy to hate (fitting, he wrote Viva Hate after all) considering how he alienated his bandmates in The Smiths, canceled lots of shows (including one this June), supported Nationalist ideals and had to defend himself in court over allegations of racism.

Still, bigmouth has a “40 Years of Morrissey” tour kicking off in Mexico this September, before landing in Florida for three nights.

Tickets to see Morrissey play Duke Energy Center for the Arts at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, Oct. 10 are on sale now and start at $108.

The show comes ahead of Morrissey’s forthcoming album Without Music The World Dies, which a press release describes as “an explicit declaration of love for music, which has made him one of the most acclaimed voices of the last four decades.”

Fans will surely sing along to every word of classics like “How Soon Is Now?,” “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” and “Suedehead,” but rest assured, “The Boy With the Thorn in His Side” might hate you, too.